DEAR EDITOR:

I live on Arthur Drive in Warren. On Thursday, June 19 around 6:21 p.m., a very large tree fell and downed at least 10 telephone poles that fell like dominoes with live wires everywhere. I hadn’t seen so many poles down since the May 31,1985 tornado.

It was reported at 6:27 p.m. to Ohio Edison. Around 100 of us in the neighborhood were without power. By 6pm a crew of linemen arrived. They removed the live wires, cut up the tree, removed the downed poles and brought the new poles. They worked until midnight. These linemen had just worked six 16-hour days.

They returned Friday and installed the new poles. By 6 p.m. Saturday, all power was back on.

This was amazing given all the damage how quickly these linemen cleaned up the tree, the downed poles, installed the new poles and restored our power.

I want to thank the linemen for their quick response and their hard work. I know my neighbors appreciated their efforts as well.

STEVE BUSKO

Warren